A Mice Saves the Life of a Lion (small saves big)

A Mice Saves the Life of a Lion

There lived many animals, large and small, in a forest. So there was lion living there as well as a mice. Both were happy.

One day the lion was sleeping and the mice came out of his hole and climbed on lion’s body and started playing there. The mice was too small to see the big lion as a whole, so she (the mice) did not know that she was playing on a lion’s body. As she played, she came to his mouth-side and started playing with his whiskers.

After a little while, the lion woke up and caught the little mice in his big paw, he said – “O tiny mice, perhaps you don’t know who I am, that is why you are playing on my body. I am the King of the forest. How did you dare to play on my body and wake me up? I will eat you.”

The mice got frightened, she meekly said – “O King of the forest, you are great. I greet you. I am so tiny that by eating me you will not be satisfied because you are so big. I did not recognize you, I am so sorry. Please forgive me. I will never do this again.”

The lion said – “No, You must be punished for your mistake. I will surely eat you. ” The mice prayed for the lion – “O King of the forest, you are the King of the forest. Your duty is to protect all animals of the forest. I am so tiny that you will not be able to satisfy your hunger by eating me. But if you set me free, then, maybe one day I will help you and return the favor.”

The lion laughed loudly – “Ha ha ha ha, you little mice, how can you help me? You are so tiny that I pity you, and that is why I will set you free. Go from here and never trouble me again.” And the lion set her free. The mice ran away quickly jumping and dancing. While going she did not forget to say to the lion – “I will surely help you some day, O King of the forest.”

Now it so happened that one day a hunter came in that forest and set his net trap to catch some animals. And it so happened that the same lion fell into the trap of that hunter and could not come out. He was not able to free himself. In a few hours the hunter would come and kill him. He got frightened with the idea itself and he roared loudly.

Although the mice lived nearby the lion, she did not dare to come nearby him after that day. On that day also she was playing with her playmates. She heard the roar of the lion. She recognized his voice. She had not forgotten the kindness of the lion. She felt that the lion was in danger, so she left her playmates and ran towards the lion’s roar. She remembered that he pardoned her and spared her life once.

She ran and ran and came to the lion. She found the lion trapped in a hunter’s net. She said loudly – “O king, don’t worry. Now I have come. I will free you soon from this net. Just be patient. ” The lion got very happy to see that tiny mice. The mice has very sharp teeth. She started cutting the net with her sharp teeth. It took some time to cut that net, but she cut it so much that the lion could free himself. He came out of the net and ran away from there.

Later, the lion thanked the tiny mice who saved his life. Now both became friends. The lion gave her permission to come near him and play on his body whenever the mice wanted to. She especially loved to play with his whiskers, the lion also let her play with them.

[Nobody is big and nobody is tiny. Everybody needs help and everybody has his own special characteristics. Even being so tiny, the mice could help such a big mighty King of the forest. One should respect the younger and lower class people. You never know when they can help you and in what situation.]